Sackville Hamilton Carden Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Battle Fleet Protection Assigned to Daylight Sweep

Carden's final operational plan places the minesweepers under close protection of the battle fleet for the proposed daylight clearance.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Daylight Minesweeping Plan Developed

Carden proposes a daylight minesweeping operation closely protected by the battle fleet after repeated night attempts fail.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Dardanelles Command Passed to de Robeck

Carden leaves command through illness and de Robeck takes over the naval operation.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Health Breakdown Removes Carden from Operational Direction

Severe illness and nervous exhaustion prevent Carden from continuing direct command on the eve of the major fleet assault.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Dardanelles Plan Continues under de Robeck

De Robeck inherits Carden's operational concept and prepares the large fleet attack scheduled for 18 March.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Eastern Mediterranean Command Relinquished

Carden formally relinquishes the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron to John de Robeck because of his deteriorating health.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Downstream Sweeping Method Attempted

Carden's command experiments with sending trawlers upstream before turning to sweep with the current through the minefields.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Naval Volunteers Replace Civilian Sweeping Crews

Royal Navy volunteers increasingly replace reluctant civilian trawler crews in attempts to improve minesweeping under fire.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Night Minesweeping Adopted

Carden shifts much minesweeping work to darkness in an attempt to reduce exposure to Ottoman guns and observation.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Searchlights Disrupt Night Sweeping

Ottoman searchlights illuminate slow trawlers at night, allowing shore batteries to interfere repeatedly with minesweeping.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Trawler Crews Abandon Sweeping Gear under Fire

Some civilian trawler crews fail to stream minesweeping gear when Ottoman fire becomes intense during an attempted sweep.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Unprotected Surprise Sweep Attempted

A night attempt sends trawlers without close battleship protection in hopes of surprising Ottoman defenders.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1915

Battle of Dardanelles

Involved in the successful bomardment of the outer-Dardanelles

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Dardanelles

Forced to hand over his command to John de Robeck, due to ill health

Role range: 1914-1918

Royal Navy Retirement

Carden retires from the Royal Navy in October 1917 after forty-seven years of service.

Role range: 1870-1917

Promotion to Admiral

Carden reaches the rank of admiral before leaving active Royal Navy service.

Role range: 1917-1917

Death of Sackville Hamilton Carden

Death of Sackville Hamilton Carden